7Bsp1244 Project Management Critique Assessment Answer

Knowledge and Understanding tested in this assignment:

1. critically review projects and evaluate how these projects differ from conventional operations;
2. examine the managerial responsibilities and action areas for each stage of the project lifecycle;
3. appraise the opportunities and constraints that exist in the subject of project management;
4. explore how projects are evaluated and assess factors that contribute to a project's success or failure

Skills and Attributes tested in this assignment:

5. determine and assess use of appropriate methods and techniques for project initiation, team building, project estimation and control;
6. apply systems theory to explain the interrelation between projects and their environment;
7. critique different organisational structures and their impact on projects.

Performance will be assessed using HBS Grading Criteria and Mark scheme.

Description of the assignment:

1)This assignment is based on a fictitious project described in the Charity Marathon PID document. Your task is to construct the project schedule in a form of a (i) resourced Gantt chart showing the project duration, the milestones and resourcing conflicts and then to apply levelling to produce (ii) a final Gantt chart without resource conflicts.

2)This is an individual assignment and the work must not be shared with other students.

3)You should submit the following three files:

a)One  MS Project files including a schedule of the Promotion project in a form of a levelled Gantt chart, showing the critical tasks, the total slack, all allocated resources, the cost breakdown across different types of resources;

b)one MS Word document to include one-page Executive summary with answers to the following:

i.Assuming that the (promotion) project starts on and that UK holidays allowances apply, what is the earliest date when the project will be finished?

ii.Which activities cannot be delayed if the project is to be finished at its earliest possible date?

How can the PM ensure that these activities can be completed on time?

iii.What is the total cost of the project?

What is included in the cost?

What percentage of that cost are the project overheads?

Is the cost within the allowance that enables the project objectives to be met?

If not, how it could be reduced?

iv.If the project needs to be completed 2 days earlier, what would be the impact on the cost?

4)The work should be submitted anonymously.

5)All filenames should be in the following format:

6)The report should have maximum (excluding the title page).

7)The title page of the report should include the student id, the word count and the Turnitin similarity index.

8)All references should follow the Harvard style of referencing

9)Failing to meet any of the requirements above will incur a penalty of 10%

10)Prior to submitting this assignment you should submit evidence* of the ability to access the MS Project tool.